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210   ANTIQUITIES OF WESTERN TIBET   [VoL.II

Bkra-Ais-dban-drag

Taxa-cand (died 1877)

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Mahar-cand (died 1870)   Rām-cand (died 1884)

Rj e-cancl (Jai-cand)

Hari-cand (1830-1902)

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Amar-cand Mangal-cand

I   i

Nil-cand Lāl-cand

Ni-ma-dlian-rgyal

As regards the branch line of Gun-ran, Sen-ge's descendants, the following notes will suffice to bring the pedigree down to the present day :—Dgali-phrug's son, Devi-cand, lived from 1832-1903. Ni-ma-sin's son was Motī-ram (or Hu-ti-ram). Motī-ram's son, Bhāg-cand, was born in 1863. He lives at Ga-rii (Ska-rin). He has a little son called Ratan-cand.

Only a few of the names of chiefs given above are found in Lahuli inscriptions. The earliest among them seems to be Bkra-sis-dban-rgyal, whose name is given as a contemporary of Spri-tim-Sin (Pritam-Singh) of Kula, c. 1767 A.D. It is found in a hitherto unpublished inscription from Khan-gsar, Ko-lon. In an old document from Ko-lon (see my collection of inscriptions, No. 128) a certain chief called Tshe-dban-rnam-rgyal is mentioned. This Tshe-dban-rnam-rgyal of Ko-lon cannot possibly be Bkra-sis-dban-rgyal's father, as according to this document he is a contemporary of the Kula king, Parbat-Singh, c. 1584 A.D. He is probably one of the Tibetan ancestors of the Ko-lon chiefs whose names were eradicated when the theory of the descent of the Ko-lon chiefs from Rājpūt ancestors was invented. As regards Bkra-sis-dban-rgyal, the inscription says that he was of Bu-ram-sin-pa's (Ikshvāku's) family. This is a statement which reminds us of the claims of the Tibetan Buddhist kings of Ladakh, who also wish to be called Bu-ram-§in-pa's descendants. Such a statement is in contrast with the pretended descent of the Ko-lon chiefs from Indian Rājpūt ancestors. Possibly in Bkra-§is-dban-rgyal's days this theory had not yet been started, and the chiefs of Ko-lon were quite satisfied with their relationship to the Ladakhi kings. As I see in another hitherto unpublished inscription from Kye-lan, one of the Bar-hbog chiefs, No-no-(Jo) Rnam-rgyal, is also stated to be of Bu-ram-sin-pa's family. Then the chief Dharma-Singh of Ko-lon is mentioned in several inscriptions as a contemporary of the Kulū king, Bir-khyim-(Bikermān) Singh, c. 1810 A.D. There is an inscription in Tānkri (Tākarī) and Devanāgarī characters at Taii-ti, Lahul, which contains the name of Otu-ram. This Otu-ram is possibly identical with Hu-ti-rām or Mott-ram of the above pedigree (see Inscription No. 143).